
re you :from 
Iventucky ? 



This should bring you 



Don t you ^\^ant to come 
nome and see tke folks? 




The sun shines bright on my old 



Kentucky home 



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ome coming for all Kentuckians wKo have 
wandered to other lands or foreign shores, in 
Louisville, June 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, 1906. 



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''Our State" 

Thifl 13 Kentucky. Turn an J jfazc: 

How fair tKe Earth ! tKc Keaven how near! 

>A(' here smile tKc stars. wKcrc gIo\v tLc <la\ 
More gloriously tkan they do here? 

Sec where she stands ! ahout her knee 
Her mighty sons: among them Clay 

And Lincoln, — yea! long may she he 
Mother of men as great zs they! 

— Madison Cjk<wrin, 




re you frora 
Iventucky ? 



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Don t you want to come 
nome and see the folks? 



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The sun shines bright on my old 



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Home coming for all Kentuckians wko kave 
wanderea to other lands or foreign shores, m 
Louisville, June 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, 1906. 



''Our State'' 

Xma IS Kentucky. Turn an J ^axe: 

How fair tKc EartK ! tKc Kcavcn liow near! 

Where smile the stars, where glow tKc days 
More gloriously tkan tLey do Kcrc ^ 

See wKere s^c stands ! about Ker knee 
Her migKty sons: among them Clay 

And Lincoln, — yea! long may ske be 
Mother of men as great a« tLey ! 

— Mddison Cjiiveiru 



At tke Falls of tke Okio 

Nineteen Hundred and Six 

ABSENT SONS AND DAUGHTERS 
OF OLD KENTUCKY: 

Greeting: 

^Acting upon a suggestion made to it by a 
young lady, Dom m Kentucky but now 
living m Colorado, the Louisville Commercial 
Clut IS to kave a Home-Coming Week for all 
Kentuckians, next June. 

^Steps taken ty tke Club to\vard getting lists 
of tkose wko kave left kome and friends to 
f igkt life's kattles else^vkere kave resulted very 
satisfactorily — tke last Federal Census sko^vs 
over 600,000 of tkem m otker States — your 
name is on tke lists no^v in our possession. 
As one wko first saw tke ligkt of day m 
Kentucky, or wko lived mtke State sufficient- 
ly long to kecome identified -witk it, you are 
most cordially invited to come once more to 
see tke old folks at kome. 

^|\^e kave every assurance tkat tke railroads 
of tke United States will make a rate of one 
fare for tke round trip for tkis great event. 
If you feel tkat you will be present, please 




June m Kentucky 

TKe trumpet vines are blowing reveille, a 

Lundrcd a thousand — coral Lugles sounding tne 

momintf call or peace. 

TKe com is teing plowed. A ligkt mist licf 
on tke woods. 

A little krook slips under tke willows, darkens . 
and dances out again, laugkmg in tke sun. 



Gift 
Autlicr 
'06 



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accept tke invitation by signing tht enclosed 
post card and mailing it. Your acceptance 
may be based upon the assumption tKat talf- 
tare rates will be granted. 

§Tlie otker card enclosed is for you to use in 
sending us any names of former Kentuckians 
you may know. 

JWKile Louisville will te tKe Kost^ity, all 
Kentucky will join in tKe welcome to its re- 
turning sons and daughters. Governor J. C. 
W. JJeckham will appoint a commissioner 
from every county to open headquarters in 
the big new Armory, there to receive and 
register former citizens. A hostess from each 
county— m the person of a favorite daughter 
—will assist the county commissioner. Badges 
will be distributed by the hostesses as the 
^mmissioners receive and register visitors. 
1 he Commercial Club has received assurances, 
L ^^ n ^^^^ necessary, from every section of 
the old Commonwealth, that it will have the 
heartiest co-operation in the pleasing role of 
entertainer. 

^A general outline of the programme for 
rlome-Commg Week'isnow given, with the 
promise that as plans mature more definite an- 
nouncements will be made. 



TIic wKcat 10 nearly ready ior liarve5t. The 
_Jrccn world la tusy. glad, blo5?oin-ladcn. 
v:}7 ^f^^*^! ^'"^ ^r'li^t witK butterfly weed*. 
bidcr and wild Kydrangea peep above the ed^e of 
-he fior^e. 

The cricket Keralda midsummer. 



— IngrAm T- ^ -*■. 



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^iVednesciay, June 13tli 
will te know^n as "Reception and >A^elcome 
Day/' Registration of all visitors at tke 119 
County keadquarters in tke new Armory. 
Mr. Henry \Vatterson will deliver tke ckief 
address of welcome, and former Governor 
David R. Francis, of Missouri, lias teen 
asked to respond. Among tne otners ^vno 
kave accepted an invitation to appear on tne 
programme are former XJ. S. Senators Wm. 
Lindsay and Jokn G. Carlisle, of New York 
City, Associate Justice Jokn M. Harlan, of 
tke U. S. Supreme Court, former Governor 
Tkomas T. Crittenden, of Missouri, and 
Hon. Preston H. Leslie, ^vko kas served kotk 
Kentucky and Montana as Ckief Executive. 
Former Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson, 
of Illinois, IS expected to ke present, kaving keen 
invited. Tkis list will ke enlarged witk tke 
names of otker ICentuckians 'wko, m adopted 
komes, kave marked tkeir names kigk on tke 
roll of fame in tke law, tke ministry, and 
commercial pursuits. During tke afternoon 
tkere will ke a Floral Parade, and at nigkt a 
Grand Spectacular Pageant witk kistorical 
floats^ representing tke ckief claims of tke dif- 
ferent counties to kistorical distinction. 




"'Kentucky 

I love your "woods ana ver- 
dant kills. 
And every stream and farm- 
land. 
For to your sons, dear 

motker State, 
Your every roads a 
cnarmland : 



TkursJay, June 14tli 

IS to be ''Foster Day," in konor of Stepken 
Collins Foster, tke autkor of tke immortal 
song, ''My Old Kentucky Home/^ Tke 
events of tkis day will include krass kand and 
vocal concerts, it kemg planned to mass several 
kands to render " My Old Kentucky Home," 
and kave a ckorus of several tkousand ckildren 
konor Foster s memory. A statue of Foster is 
keing modeled ky J. L. Roop, sculptor, to ke 
unveiled and later placed in tke New Capitol 
at Frankfort. Tke sckool ckildren of Ken- 
tucky are raising tke fund for tke statue. 

Friday, June 15tli 

"Daniel Boone Day, 'wt.U give tke opportuni- 
ty of paying trikute to tke Kentucky pioneer, 
reviewing tke State s earliest kistory, tke 
trials and privations of its men and \vomen 
in tke eigkteentk century, tke figkts led ky 
Gen. George Rogers Clark, Kentuckians at 
tke River Raism, etc., etc. Tke day will 
ke spent m Ckerokee Park, acknowledged to 
ke unsurpassed in natural keauty, and follow- 
ing tke oratory tkere will ke old-faskioned 
games, m "wkick prizes -w^ll ke a^warded; sew- 



No fairer women in the ■world. 

Nor braver men are living. 
To blesf tne places •whence they go 

Tnan tKo5c that you are giving. 
And for your strong and loving ways. 

Your Kappy homes and graces. 
Your sons are zealous tliat your name 

Sliall Kold the Kigtest places. 
And love you, dear Kentucky. 

-- WillUm Light foot Visscher, 



ing tees, apple parings, com kuskmgs, tke Jay 
concluding -witli tke ""Virginia Reel,' on a 
platform (inside a stockade) kuilt to kold a 
tkousand couples. Snocks or com and barrels 
of apples were arranged for during the past 
winter, to be used m tne husking and paring. 
A tronze statue of Daniel Boone, by Miss 
Enid Yandell, the Kentucky sculptor of in- 
ternational reputation, wnicn nas been given 
to tbe city of Louisville by Col. C. C. Bickel, 
will be unveiled. The committee will pay spe- 
cial recognition on this day to all tbe descendants 
of Boone m attendance. A bandsome medal 
will be given tbe person present ^vbo can prove 
tbe closest relationsbip to the great pioneer. 

Saturday, June 16tn 

bas been set aside as '"'' Greater Kentucky Day, 
witb barbecues, camp fires, and tbe like, a day 
wben orators and poets may tell bow Ken- 
tuckians bave assisted m making tbe fields of 
otber States more prolific, tbe bencb and bar 
of otber States more learned, tbeir press more 
profound ; boAV Kentuckians bave belped dis- 
close tbe bidden mineral treasures of otber 
States; bo'w tbey bave contributed to advance- 
ment under all conditions. 




Kentucky 

Daughter or tke East, 
MotKer of tlie West; 
^ Link that tinJe Nortk and Soutk. 



Sunday, June 17tli 

"Until We Meet Again" will te sung, and 
visitors will listen to good sermons from tte 
pulpits of Louisville's ckurckes, preaclied ty 
ex-Kentuckians ; tke day to conclude witk 
universal vesper services in tke new Armory. 
^A Hall of Fame of Kentuckians wko kave 
kelped to make tke State illustrious— installed 
m tke new Armory — will add to tke interest 
attacking to tke week, as w^ill a collection of 
kistorical relics. 

^Otker features of ''Home-Coming ^Veek" 
Will include County Reunions, wkick may 
be extended to tke county seats in many in- 
stances, as several commercial organizations 
are already planning "County Home Comings ' 
following tke "State Home Coming"; a grand 
ball, fire works, etc. 

^Tke committee expects to arrange witk tke 
railroads to grant 30 and 60 day extensions 
on all tickets, wkick will enakle visitors to 
leave Saturday nigkt for any point in tke State, 
to stay for a time witk friends and relatives. 
A rate of one cent per mile will probably be 
m effect for tkese side trips. Special excur- 
sions will be run to Frankfort to see tke pro- 



Honor to tkeir Native State 

Kentucky genius, ^race, and gentleness, Ken- 
tucky initiative, pusK and pluck, Kave to every 
State imparted a wealtK of valued acKievemcnts 
and inestimable rennement. EveryA\'Kerc popular, 
brave, truthful, tbe Kentuckian Kas left the im- 
press of hig forceful yet lorahle manhood in 
all States and all lands to which he has wandered. 



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gress of tke work on tke New CapitoL to the 
old komes of Akrakam Lincoln ana Jeffer- 
son Davis, to Mammotk Cave, and to tke two 
Higk Bridges across tke Kentucky River. 
^In addition to tke Boone prize, kef ore men- 
tioned, tke committee expects to make otker 
kandsome awards to tke following: 
^Xke former Kentuckian ^vko comes the 
greatest distance. 

flXke former ICentuckian present -wko kas 
lived longest outside tke State \vitkout kavmg 
returned. 

^Xke most aged ex-ICentuckian, man or -wo- 
man, present. 

^Xke former Kentuckian present -wko left 
tke State at tke tenderest age. 

flXke former Kentuckian present wko left 
tke State at tke most advanced age. 
^Information as to railroad rates and ticket 
extensions, kotel accommodations, etc., will 
ke supplied later. 
^ Again we keg of you to come. 



Commercial Cluk, 

V. H. ENGELHARD, President. 

Louisville, Ky. 



ror"Home-CominK" Week: 

R. S. BROWN, Chief Executive. 
R. E. HUGHES, Director-General. 



'*My Old Kentucky Home' 

Strikes a more responsive chora in the breast or 
true Kentuckians tlian even tKe national antLem. 
It is tLe call oi the Kearthstone. It nas been 
heard at liome by countless Kentuckians wlio 
Kavc been glad tbat tbey were not suffering tbc 
pangs Oi bomesickncss beyond tbe border oi the 
State. It bas brought many w^anderers back to 
tbeir native beatb rejoicing. 



Pretkof 
John P. 
Morton & 
Company 
Louisrille 
Kentucky 



